Sam Neill

Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. He has also had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin, Captain Vasily Borodin in The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror, and Alisdair Stewart in The Piano. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.

Known For

Birth Location Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Born 1947-09-14

Movies

Bring Him to Me as Frank
2023
Scarygirl as Dr. Maybee (voice)
2023
The Portable Door as Dennis Tanner
2023
Assassin Club as Caldwell
2023
Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Odin
2022
Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
2022
Jurassic World Dominion as Dr. Alan Grant
2022
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)
2021
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
2021
Rams as Colin
2020
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
2020
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
2020
2019
Ride Like a Girl as Paddy Payne
2019
Blackbird as Tom
2019
Palm Beach as Leo
2019
Peter Rabbit as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
2018
Sweet Country as Fred Smith
2018
The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne
2018
Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Odin
2017
Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
2017
2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Hec Faulkner
2016
The Daughter as Walter
2015
MindGamers as Kreutz
2015
Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
2015
United Passions as Joao Havelange
2014
A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
2014
Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie
2013
The Vow as Bill Thornton
2012
The Hunter as Jack Mindy
2011
The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase
2011
Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
2011
Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
2010
Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
2009
Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
2009
In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
2009
Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
2008
Skin as Abraham Laing
2008
The Pixar Story as Alan Grant (archive footage)
2007
Angel as Théo
2007
Irresistible as Craig
2006
Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins
2006
Yes as Anthony
2005
Little Fish as The Jockey
2005
Gallipoli as Narrator
2005
Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
2004
Jessica as Richard Runche
2004
Stiff as Lionel Merricks
2004
2003
Dirty Deeds as Ray
2002
Framed as Eddie Meyers
2002
The Zookeeper as Ludovic
2001
SuperCroc as narrator
2001
Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
2001
Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
2001
The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
2000
The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
2000
My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
2000
Forgotten Silver as Himself
2000
2000
Numero Bruno as Self
2000
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
1999
The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
1998
The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean
1998
Event Horizon as Weir
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
1997
Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
1996
Victory as Mr. Jones
1996
Restoration as King Charles II
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Alan Grant
1995
In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent
1995
The Jungle Book as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
1994
Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
1994
Sirens as Norman Lindsay
1994
Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
1993
Jurassic Park as Dr. Alan Grant
1993
The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
1993
The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
1993
Family Pictures as David Eberlin
1993
Hostage as John Rennie
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins
1992
One Against the Wind as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
1991
Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick
1991
Fever as Elliot
1991
1991
Shadow of China as TV Reporter
1990
The Hunt for Red October as Captain Vasily Borodin
1990
1990
The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette
1989
Dead Calm as John Ingram
1989
Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain
1988
Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg
1988
The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
1987
For Love Alone as James Quick
1986
Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
1986
Plenty as Lazar
1985
Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
1985
The Blood of Others as Bergman
1984
The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman
1984
Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov
1982
Attack Force Z as Sergeant Costello
1982
Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1982
From a Far Country as Marian
1981
Possession as Mark
1981
The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn
1981
1979
1979
My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
1979
Surf Sail as Narrator (voice)
1978
Sleeping Dogs as Smith
1977
Architect Athfield as Narrator
1977
Four Shorts on Architecture as Narrator (voice)
1975
Ashes as Priest
1975
Landfall as Eric
1975
Hunt's Duffer as Bradley
1973
The Guinea Pig Club as Charles Overton
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Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly
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Movies

The Brush-Off Producer
2004
The Brush-Off Director
2004
Stiff Producer
2004
Surf Sail Director
1978
1978
1977
1977
Phone Writer
1974
Phone Editor
1974
Phone Director
1974
1973